United Colleges - Vox Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Poems by Carle Brothers Winnipeg, After a Hoar Frost Slowly and stealthily the Artificer came As the solemn city slept; Unaware of the Visitor who crept Upon them. I gaze from my window and meet Dawn, ghostly and grey Which has chased away The ebony. Blankets of crystals before me lie On roofs, and each motionless tree In utter tranquility And peace Is garbed in an octopus robe of white Silent Artificer of the frost-bitten night! The sun shines and stands on the horizon It shines’ Now the star-spangled city sparkles and dances Every roof, street, park and steeple, To whom the Artificer spoke, glimmers; While each dome on United College stands Like a gleaming, glistening pyramid On a desert’s burning sands. Dusk The sun has set in his scarlet bed, Dust mingles with the mist overhead, Dusk has rendered gray the blue, The rustic road has a dappled hue. In the oak tree an owling owl, And all is quiet in the village now; Save for the call of the hawk of night As he proudly pursues his winged flight . The croak of a frog the stillness breaks, A flickering firefly his leisure takes In the humid air—the only light. Dusk, dusk, soon you’ll fade into night. A soaring bluejay screams his song, And seems to say he has done no wrong, While the rest of the weary world may be In the deeper realms of solemnity. 23

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it will end up in hatred and frustration, but if we teach the youth to do the work themselves we shall gain their confidence and help them reform their countries” ' ’ 0 V Conclusion In conclusion, a few general observations can be made. The cold war which seems to have become a chronic part of our everyday life has, in recent months, particularly in the Korean area, shown some sign of abatement. However, neither side has made any positive, sincere attempt to bring it to and end. As part of a general overall attempt to iron out world diffi¬ culties, which would, directly or indirectly, ease tensions in the Middle East, a Big Four confer¬ ence of the leaders of the various states is neces¬ sary. That the American State department, fear¬ ing the cry of “appeasement” and “softness to communism” from certain quarters, should con¬ tinue to deny this possibility, is a great tragedy. Mr. Churchill’s proposal of last spring remains a dead letter. The results of such a conference defy prophecy, they might be small, but we have little to lose and much to gain in this type of approach. Even to take the initiative, if it is sincere and genuine, and meet with refusal from Russia, it would serve to indicate to the people of the world the peaceful intentions of the West. If a peaceful solution to our differ¬ ences ■ could be worked out it would mean a great deal to the Middle East, for in this area peace is a prime necessity for a development program. It need hardly be pointed out that up to this time the record of the West in the Middle East is scarcely an enviable one. On the whole, it is a record of conquest, broken promises, expedi¬ ency, and exploitation. The time has come for a revolutionary change in our approach. As Mr. Dulles has pointed out, “The day is past when their aspirations can be ignored”. 00 Since the war ended, the Western nations have con¬ sistently underestimated the power of national¬ ism ' in underdeveloped areas. We must not allow the fiasco of China to be re-enacted in another area of critical international concern. Nationalism and the drive for independence can no longer be stemmed by piecemeal agree- 13. Dodge, B .—Western Education in the Middle East. Pro¬ ceedings of the American Academy of Political Science, Vol. xxiv, No. 4, January 1952, page 53. ments which will only be broken when the next stage is reached. The fact is that as long as the misery of the people produces a smouldering unrest, unprincipled politicians have full sup¬ port for any number of new demands. Ultimate independence, peace between Arabs and Jews, and internal improvements is the final answer. If we fail to place ourselves on the side of popular movements in these countries and con¬ tinue to support our reactionary allies in the Middle East, allies whose policy is “oil diplo¬ macy,” de can prepare ourselves for the next stage of education through salamity. Most of the suggestions of help that we in the West can give to the countries of the Middle East is in the form of economic aid to satisfy the material needs of those countries. To be sure this type of aid is fundamental, but we must not make the mistake of believing that the answer to communist materialism is another form of materialism. We must make democracy in the West something more than the tmpty phrase that it often appeals to people of foreign countries when they see that McCarthy’s con¬ ducting investigations into the lives of everyone, from former presidents and university pro¬ fessors to Sunday school teachers. The West should carefully consider the well-known Bibli¬ cal admonition, “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not see the log that is in your own”? Let us make clear the spiritual values of liberty, equality and fraternity before we try to foist them upon peoples of lesser political experience. Unless a new enlightened policy, based on liberal principles, is adopted in our approach to the problems of the Middle East, the area which gave birth to Western civilization may well be¬ come its graveyard. (£)’Nnll Sc iimttn GUILD OPTICIANS Serving the Eye Physician and his patients 427 Graham Avenue Near The Bay Winnipeg Phone 92-6932 22

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Utopia in Flight The sun lies low on the sky’s brim; Shadows slowly steal across the earth, Brown dykes capped with soft snow Lie between me and the Basin, the berth Of snow and ice dyed by muddy waters. Snowbirds arise like a cloud of dust — They go out o’er the stubbly-armed land In search of food for sustenance. They must Search far and wide in the soft breeze. Far out over lofty heights and the distant dome Of mountains which rise stately and serene To heights where they blend with the sky. Then home They return—unlike mankind, bound by laws, They live as one—each equal to each other. Neither is one inferior or superior because It has one plume of a different colour than His fellow birds. Here in he differs from man. Approach of Spring The early buds we saw lifting Their soft faces slowly, As if to breathe air, now are drifting, And lilting leisurely. Slender and pale, they join the rime Of Life: the harbinger of leaves Are running in a dream. Heart flowering time Enlivens, green appears, and the eye perceives Perceives? Yes, but what? What principle underlies Al things? Why did Kant awe and not grin At the glory of starry skies, And the moral law within? Some may call it nature, But 1 call it God. 24